In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sixth Charleston County school, Carolina Park Elementary in Mount Pleasant, will use the Orton-Gillingham literacy approach to ...

Take, for example, the rule of doubling the letters f, l, s, and z when they come after a short vowel in a one-syllable word, such as “stuff”—this is essentially a spelling rule and nothing more. Most ...

What do you do when you have a child who is having difficulty learning to read? Alison Dryfoos-Mazzie believes she has the answer. Homeschool Books for Less, a homeschooling bookstore located in Aiken ...

In 2019, a grassroots campaign led by parents succeeded in passing a wave of dyslexia legislation. Many states mandated hallmarks of the Orton-Gillingham method, specifically calling for “multisensory ...

Orton-Gillingham concepts are now popular with both parents and teachers. It's not just an approach to learning but a reading program that follows a simple path for every student. Because it is ...

Summer vacation doesn’t mean work stops for teachers. At an RE-1 Valley School Board meeting on Monday, Dawn Cole, kindergarten/first grade resource teacher at Ayres Elementary, Patricia Kramer, fifth ...

The Lowcountry Literacy Project is an initiative pushing to close the literacy gap through the Orton-Gillingham approach.

A sixth Charleston County school, Carolina Park Elementary in Mount Pleasant, will use the Orton-Gillingham literacy approach to train teachers through the Lowcountry Literacy Project. Lowcountry ...